by Michael Leppert | Feb 22, 2024 | Pop/Life
I was inspired to read David Brooks’ latest book, “How to Know a Person, The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen,” when it came out last fall. I was drawn to it because of a comment a former student made to me around the same time. She said, “I was...
by Michael Leppert | Apr 15, 2017 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life
Oh Me! Oh Life! is one of Walt Whitman’s classic poems about one of life’s most commonly recurring questions: why are we here? Public officials often ask themselves this question in a more limited scope, and often out of exhaustion or frustration. Public service can...
